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We lose no real core players and swap theo for a younger, more athletic guy who can still block shots. Though not at the level theo could. I like it.

Well, You've proven that you don't watch enough baseball (with the exception, MAYBE, of the braves). I'm not going to argue with someone who doesn't know enough about the game to state facts. Saying that Johnson and Schilling "get it done when it counts" is laughable. It proves my above statement. Johnson was one of the losingest post season pitchers, for a pitcher of his stature, ever. He had never done anything in the post season before last year. There is no arguement. Before last season he has been a post season flop and a liability in the "big games". I could be mistaken on the exact numbers but I think he was something like 2-8 in the post season before last year. cough*choke*cough. Schilling is a dominant pitcher now. But previously he had a whopping 1-1 record in the post season. yeah that's getting it done when it counts. If you've bothered to watch any of the games the braves are hitting now. Every one of those guys you listed has raised his average over the last 3 weeks and it looks like they will end up doing exactly what many expected them to do. The team batting average jumped 5 spots in two weeks. They are getting it done. You still dodged the fact that while you think "this is the weakest division", we still had to battle the eventual wild card winner 4 of the last 5 seasons. So while the division might be weak this year, it hasn't always been this weak and it certainly hasn't been the weakest division over the last 5 years. Your fanboy "everyone knows the mets won't do anything" is crap. It's a braves fans perspective and nothing more. The braves division race has been considered one of the tightest races over the last 4-5 years of any division out there. So if you are going to make statements, at least have the facts to back them up instead of making "it's what I think" statements that aren't the least bit true.

last year, without a doubt they were the best. This year, no they aren't. Glavine is better the Schilling this year. 1 fewer wins and an ERA more than a run lower. That's just plain better. Especially considering that Glavine got the majority of his wins before this team was playing worth a crap. He was getting those wins despite only getting 1-2 runs per game and having several errors commited behind him. Schilling and Johnson have the leagues best hitting and highest producing lineup behind them. I'm not saying they are slouches, far from it. But apart from their strikeout total, they aren't the most dominating pitchers in the league right now. That is what seperates us from them right now, their offense, not their pitching. But right now I wouldn't consider their offense to be much better than ours. We are playing like we were supposed to play and scoring runs like we were expected to. Our bullpen is considerably better than theirs as well. As for your theory that we are in the weakest division, that's hogwash. This division has produced the wildcard 4 out of the last 5 seasons. That means the 2nd best team in our division had a better record than the 2nd best team in any other division. So this division is no weaker than any other. The last few years, none of the other divisions have had any tighter races coming down the stretch either. All the divisions have one or two good teams and a bunch of chumps, no different than our own.

that might mean something if a good chunk of their recent wins weren't against the top teams in the other divisions. Beat down on the Reds, tied series with Giants, etc etc. Doesn't mean much in our division as I expect them to win regardless of how well or poorly the other teams in it play. It's against the other divisions that I like to see how we measure up and so far we've measured up pretty well. If we can put 3-5 runs on the board per game, I like our chances against anyone. Pitching, both staters and bullpen are the best in either league and our hitting is finally picking up to expectations. barring a major injury I feel they have one of their best chances in 5 years to win a title.

prime. He showed no fear of him and never let his team be intimidated by shaq. Shaq is a monster and a dominating offensive/defensive force. But MJ was a great basketball player. There is a difference.

But instead of hosting an event that would have brought millions of dollars to the city and some more international attention. Our "leaders" had to take the moral high road because they don't personally like Tyson, instead of doing what was best for the city. Hats off to Memphis for being gutsy enough to put personally feelings aside and do what was best for the city.

even though his outside jumper is not all-world. His most dominant games usually started with him hitting a few outside jumpers first. This forced his defender to step out and respect him. Which opened the inside up for him and others. Towards the end of the season he was doing that a lot more frequently. Starting the game with some outside shots. if he was making them, it usually led to a big night for him in the paint. If he worked on his outside jumper a little more he could elevate his game to that elite level.

I think it's a long shot. But if it were to a reputable team that could offer JV more in the way of playing time than we could, he might be willing. I think we could get a lot for him personally. Anyone think we could make something like this happen AND to who could we send him to get something we need?